Fungi ID - Interesting big one

Eric Frei

Got this guy up a Forest Red Gum maybe 15'

It's rather unusual, came off really easy.

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Sean Freeman

That is a beauty never seen one that big (so to speak!)

My guess is it is Postia lactea great find Eric (out at Redland?)

Garry Brockley

wow thats a beauty you dont get them that good very often. nice find

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Eric Frei

Yeah, Wellington Point.

I washed it and put it in my garage, I never seen one like that.

Hmmm, surfing the net not a lot out there about it. The tree also had ganaderma fungi on it but this guy was a prize catch.

So what's it do?

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Sean Freeman

Hmmm...I would like another go at the ID probably more likely to be Trametes lactinea on reflection, there is a fair bit of confusion in the classification of this group of fungi in Qld, so could be also be Tyromyces P.Karsten species, sorry to be less than definate but it is just not possible to pick it from the photos alone (as good as they are).

Irrespective of the final naming, all of the mentioned fungi are recorded as causing brown rots ie they break down cellulose and hemicelluloses preferrentially but do not effectively decompose lignin.

Now I think I have mentioned elsewhere that these terms are really only general indicators rather than golden rules about the modes of decomposition that the fungi might manifest.....however the traditional classification was really based on the end result in the affected wood tissues....the decayed wood acquires a brittle consistency cracks easily into cubes and crumbles easily into powder.

The fungi you encountered would be imo acting as a perennial canker in a long term contest with the tree.

Garry Brockley

The trametes i know form dense clumps and generally have little effect on the trees they are on, i usually find white rot that only just breaks the surface of the trees. in the uk there is a fungus that attacks sunburned trees but i cant remember the fungi itmay be the (bear with me) shizophillium i think there is another that is related to the trametes but i dont know it.

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Eric Frei

Trees buggered now!

I turned it into a hideous habitat tree. have yet to ring bark it.

It was near dead with 100% mistletoe but RSC wanted a koala pole.

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Garry Brockley

i have seen more misseltoe over here in two months than twelve years in the uk its hideous. a serious parasite, shame about the tree though, do the RSC do alot of wild life stuff? i got called in to rescue an escaped drop bear from a tree today good fun but grumpy little s***s.

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Eric Frei

They're greener than the Irish on St Patrick's day!

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Sean Freeman

It is an interesting area, having the Islands and the mainland...Islands tend to be pretty strict i their controls..mind having said that I did see some dreadful lopping on Macleay Island a while back. Have only done a couple of jobs there.

Multi-Tip Australia

Looks like a dag from a blow in foam filler. It is dated 1st April

Eric Frei

LOL, no it's the real deal.

And it's Easter so I should be fitting that wheel this week.

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